Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...tudy, the researchers again placed subjects in MRI machines and showed them photographs of both familiar and unfamiliar faces. They monitored eye movements and brain activity, and once again, autistic subjects performed considerably more poorly than normally developing participants. In the future, the finding...Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
...on, and he hoped that the newer generation of fMRI machines would be capable of providing more answers. "Imaging studies like this one improve our understanding of what might be going on and help researchers ask even more specific questions aimed at identifying the underlying mechanism," Schulz-Stubner said. ...Mountaineering doctors hike medicine to new heights with Xtreme Everest
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